To bring understanding and education about blockchain and crypto to the masses.
To inform people on what's happening, and the good and bad arguments for against different aspects of the world of cryptocurrency.
To advocate for true decentralized finance as a means for helping address problems of inequality and access in the world. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-block-explorer/support
In this episode we speak with Darren Deanto, Chase Whipple and David Holt who are a group of experienced builders in the crypto space.
We discuss their personal journeys into crypto and what motivated them to build their careers in blockchain. Then we explore their project Jungle Finance, which is a DeFi protocol on the Solana blockchain.
Also, Chase just placed in a Solana Hackathon for creating a protocol called Seagull finance that seamlessly allows you to spend your crypto from your wallet with a debit card.
We cover a lot of ground and one of the highlights of our conversation is our discussion of the benefits of crypto and decentralized systems and how they are ultimately more advantageous business models for end consumers.
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Jungle Finance's Website
Seagull's Website
Jungle Finance's Twitter
David's Twitter
Colin's Twitter
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We meet with Naz and Mike from Remx to discuss the possibilities that are created when you combine NFTs, artists and their fans.
There's a lot of opportunity when you combine physical goods with digital goods when using an NFT as an intermediary or a key that functions as the connection point and fulcrum of that relationship. We explore ways that we can streamline this experience and open it up to more avenues and new business models.
Then we discuss where are the future of art, NFTs and fans is going as the user experience improves and we bring this tech to mainstream markets.
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Remx Website
Remx Twitter
Naz's Twitter
Mike's Twitter
Colin's Twitter
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In this episode, we connect with Alicia Cepeda Maule and Steven Aguiar to discuss their project Givepact.io which is infrasturcture that allows for non-profits to easily receive donations in the form of crypto. We explore why they created this project, the unique advantages of crypto giving, and their perspective for how they see the future of philanthropic giving.
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Givepact.io website
Alicia's Twitter
Steven's Twitter
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We connect with Taylor Starr, who's leading the charge in the integration with crypto and fashion. Taylor understands that crypto is about culture as much as it is about the tech and combined her background creating her own fashion line, she understands the landscape better than most. Enjoy this update on the convergence of web3 and fashion.
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Taylor Starr Twitter
GlitchedNStitched Twitter
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We get together with Rex St. John to discuss the state of the Regenerative Finance, what he's creating at the ReFi Summit in Seattle this May that he is hosting, and we explore what we can learn about cultural shifts and technology.
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We connect with Hayley Moller, who's the Chief Marketing Officer at Thallo, a blockchain enabled carbon market, to discuss:
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Thallo's website
Hayley Moller's twitter
Keep Cool Newsletter
Ministry for the Future Book
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We get together with Chris Georgen from Topl to discuss:
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We speak with Ori and Magenta from DAO Drops to discuss:
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In this episode, we discuss what are impact networks and what role they play in the Regenerative Finance (ReFi) tech stack with Breno who works with the Brazilian based project Ekonvai.
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Ekonavi Twitter
Ekonavi Website
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We get together with Monty Bryant of ReFi DAO to get his answers to these questions and more:
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We present ReFi Round-up #48 featuring Gitcoin's new AlphaRound which went live, ReFi's presence at Davos and, as always, the top news and events from the frontlines of crypto and climate this week!
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We cover a lot of ground with TMO about ReFi and what's it like building a project in web3. We ask TMO:
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In this episode we present the ReFi Round-up #47 for ReFi DAO.
The main topics are:
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We discuss a range of items with Brooke Williams. Given the tumultuous year 2022 was for the crypto ecosystem, we take time to zoom out and assess the merits and use cases for blockchain as we step into 2023.
We clarify what is decentralization and we also ask what it is a Ponzi Scheme and how does this model show up in the world. We finish up by exploring how these forces shape our lives and play out on the macroeconomic scale.
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We speak with Maya Zayne Dentzel about:
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We speak with Jackson Felty, the founder of Cookbook, an open source smart contract code repository.
We discuss what smart contracts are, why they matter and explore relevant discussions around security, hacks and censorship in crypto.
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Cookbook Website
Cookbook Twitter
Cookbook Discord
Jackson Felty Twitter
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In this episode we interview Raphael Benoi, the founder of Toucan Protocol:
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Toucan Protocol Website
Toucan Twitter
Raphael Benoi Twitter
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We host a discussion with Solidity Labs CEO Marty Jacobs and Aerotrax Technologies Founder Phong Dang on:
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Aerotrax Technologies
Solidity Labs
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Our discussion with Leon from Gitcoin focuses on answering a few main questions in this episode:
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Gitcoin Grants Round 15
Gitcoin
The Block Explorer Podcast Grant Page
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We explore the world of ReFi with Spirals Protocol with Helena Merk & Aaron Price, who explain how Spirals is weaving regenerative infrastructure directly into any proof of stake blockchain.
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Spirals Protocol Website
Spirals Protocol Twitter
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We explore using NFTs to represent membership in a DAO that allows its members to drive exotic and luxury cars in cities around the world.
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Exotics DAO Website
Exotics DAO Twitter
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We talk with the CEO of Angry Teenagers, Ben Whately, who's creating a project that's using NFTs to fund a Regenerative Finance project in Ghana by working with a youth organization to plant a forest and rebuild an ecosystem on land that has been destroyed by logging.
Episode Links
Angry Teenagers Website
Angry Teenagers Twitter
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The crypto markets have been hammered recently. There's lots of doubts about the future of web3 and blockchain technology. But we're still bullish and here's our top reasons why.
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We explore the process of creating an NFT project through the lens of a college student with Jeb, who is the artist behind the series called Wiz Bums.
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Wiz Bums Twitter
Wiz Bums OpenSea
Wiz Bums V2 OpenSea
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We talk with William Skinner who is the founder of Helios and is exploring using blockchain and Regenerative Finance tools to fund solar energy projects in developing countries around the world.
Episode Links
Helios Twitter
Helios Discord
White Lotus Twitter
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We discuss about Ellie's creative journey as an artist, then we get some insight into how she approaches creativity and how that fits into NFTs, and lastly we explore NFTs as they stand now and ask Ellie where she thinks the NFT Community is headed.
Episode Links
Ellie Pritts Website
Ellie Pritts Twitter
Teia.Art
Ellie Pritts on Foundation
Reverse Zoology by Ellie Pritts
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We speak with Darina, the founder of Carbon Coffee Collective to discuss how ReFi tools are being used to connect the private carbon market with coffee farmers so that they can be compensated for employing regenerative agricultural practices on their farms around the world.
Episode Links
Carbon Coffee Collective Twitter
Darina Twitter
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We talk to Sev about the ReFi movement, The Impact App (TIA) on-boarding app for regenerative action and rewarding contributors.
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We explore how blockchain technology can perpetually remove CO2 from the atmosphere with CO2 Cult creator, Trace
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We interview Mayank Jain, who has developed brain-computer interfaces, artificial intelligence, and augmented reality. We met Mayank at the Permissionless Conference, where we learned that Mayank has created NFTs from brain wave patterns of musicians listening to their favorite music.
Episode Links
Mayank Jain Presentation on YouTube
Mayank Jain's Website
Mayank Jain Twitter
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We check in with the founder of the ReFi (Regenerative Finance Summit) to explore how blockchain technology can promote the conservation of our environment, promote flourishing communities and preserve wildlife, specifically elephants, with Rex St. John of “Proof of Elephant.”
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We explore the future possibilities of funding public goods and governance using Quadratic Voting and Quadratic Funding RadicalxChange movement with Matthew Prewitt.
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We explore with Regenerative Finance and NFTs with Scott Kilgore from ReFi Punks & Acre NFT. a profile pic community project focused on contributors in the ReFi community. We ask Scott to share his take on what the ReFi movement is all about as we explore how NFTs can be leveraged to support ecological projects.
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ReFi PunksTwitter
Acre NFT Twitter
Ogallala Twitter
Ogallala Life
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We dive deep into public goods funding with Leon Erichsen from Gitcoin as we explore Quadratic Funding and how it can be used to change how we coordinate to make economic and governance decisions.
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Gitcoin
Gitcoin Grants
Gitcoin Twitter
Donate to The Block Explorer Here
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We have a conversation with Dr. Lisa Cortez about promoting mental health awareness in web3, creating an NFT project, and her NFT project, the Moody Minks.
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We met TR at the Ethereum Denver ReFi Summit and instantly connected. A longtime eco-activist, he's now involved in building an NFT marketplace with regenerative actions embedded in the infrastructure. We explore what the Regenerative Finance (ReFi) movement encapsulates and how NFTs can play a role in funding public goods.
Episode Links
Avano LinkTree
Avano Twitter
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In September 2021, El Salvador became the first country in the world to make Bitcoin legal tender, and all economic agents were required to accept Bitcoin for all payments. A new study was recently published by the National Bureau of Economic Research with illuminating data about the roll out.
We discuss the reported survey data and how it's going with our friend Andru Mejia, who recently visited El Salvador to research Bitcoin adoption and get the pulse of the feelings on the ground.
Episode Links
National Bureau of Economic Research Survey on Bitcoin in El Salvador
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We interview Bruno Škvorc, Founder of RMRK, and Mark Ryan Business Development for RMRK to discuss NFTs 2.0 - the next stage of NFTs.
RMRK is building the infrastructure for NFTs that are eternally liquid and forward compatible plus highly composable. They're also creating the capabilities for nested, conditional, & multi-resourced NFTs.
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We explore one of the biggest misconceptions about cryptocurrency in this discussion about privacy versus anonymity as we demonstrate that blockchain networks contain open and public data and are not private.
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Bitcoin Is Not Private, Your Transaction History is Public by Co-Host Colin Brightfield
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We get featured on the sTeVe TV stage at the Lucidity Festival in Santa Barbara, California presented by our friend and crypto skeptic, Steve, for a light-hearted and fun talk about all things crypto, NFTs, ReFi and why web3 and blockchain matter.
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We interview Jade Darmawangsa the founder of NFTree Haus & X8 Media. NFTree Haus is planting a tree in East LA verifiable on chain with every purchase of an NFT that connects the owner of the NFT to the tree.
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NFTree Haus
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We interview Kieren from the Return Protocol, who is building a specialized Regenerative Finance (ReFi) project that will offset the transactions in your digital asset wallet using an NFT that evolves over time.
Episode Links
Return Protocol Twitter
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In this episode we interview Gregory Landua, the CEO of Regen Network. We discuss:
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Regen Network Website
Regen Network Twitter
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We explore the Executive Order issued by President Biden on March 9th and what it means for the web3 industry. We discuss aggressive and restrictive new legislation introduced by Senator Warren and why it's a bad idea. Plus, we examine the use of DAOs as a political force as in lobby3DAO that was recently launched by Andrew Yang.
Episode Links
Fact Sheet on Executive Order by The White House
Lobby3 DAO
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We discuss Regenerative Finance (Re-Fi), the Internet of Natural Things (IONT) and how it relates to Environmental & Social Governance (ESG) investment methods with Timothy Carter & Christian Casazza, co-founders of the Athena Protocol.
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Athena Protocol Website
Athena Twitter
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In this episode we take the Green Pill, which means:
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We discuss how crypto has been abruptly shifted to the forefront of the war in Ukraine as a vital tool.
We explore how crypto has also become a lifeline for Russian citizens trying to escape the economic collapse of the Russian economy as it becomes increasingly isolated and cut off the global financial system and the ensuing controversy that has arisen.
We finish the episode by highlighting ways that you can get involved and help out.
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We check in to give you an update of our impressions from the first week of ETH Denver as we share some of the excitement and fun of this community gathering with you.
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Discover how NFTs can be used to inspire social justice with Badiucao, who’s an artist that’s been working in the human rights genre for a while and recently created a series of NFTs protesting the 2022 Winter Olympics.
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We discuss the top news stories in crypto, NFTs and the blockchain ecosystem as a whole, covering the last 2 weeks of January 2022. We touch on Gamestop making big moves, some major drama in DeFi with the Wonderland debacle and Wormhole hack, as well as a record setting month for NFTs.
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We speak with Thomas Morgan, who also goes by TMO, of Basin DAO which is a project that's mobilizing indifferent and agnostic capital to help solve the climate crisis using new tools that blockchain unlocks. You'll learn how DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations) are becoming an effective way to coordinate resources around a shared mission and common values in the Re-Fi (Regenerative Finance) space.
Relevant Links: Thomas Morgan aka TMO on Twitter
Basin DAO
Andrus & Morgan
The Block Explorer Episode #21 - Re-Fi with Dave Fortson
The Block Explorer Episode #13 - Crypto for Good
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Learn how creativity is evolving with the innovations happening in the web3 and NFT space with seasoned and savvy graphic designer Dom Moreci who is also launching his own generative NFT art project on Solana called Crypto Cones.
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We discuss how the music industry is evolving with new possibilities unlocked by NFTs and web3 and how the tokenization of music is giving artists new business models as well as innovative ways to engage with their fans.
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Explore the relationship between value and scarcity and how they relate to the digital space as crypto, web3 and NFTs begin to shift what’s possible in the unfolding realm of digital goods.
We get a little philosophical because it’s important to ask these questions as these new innovations offer new possibilities for creating value.
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We recap the top news stories thus far in January 2022 in the crypto, NFT, and blockchain ecosystem including:
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In this episode we discuss what’s happening in the world of NFTs as we start off the new year including the NFT surge in volume, Open Sea versus decentralized competitors like Looks Rare, and the Australian Open NFTs.
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In this episode we interview Dave Fortson, the Founder of LOA Com & LOA LABS, as well as the Director of Marketing for Regen Network.
We discuss:
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We discuss our top predictions for the crypto and blockchain space in 2022 and how crypto will continue to change the world.
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Get a solid recap the most significant crypto happenings in 2021, as well as things that may have fallen under the radar, but that we think have big implications for 2022.
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NFTs are going into new places with an explosion of innovations. In this episode we discuss the first NFT art show in Santa Barbara, POAPs, hybrid NFTs linked with In Real Life experiences and the Ethereum movie in production based on the book entitled "The Infinite Machine" by Camila Russo.
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Learn strategies for gaining exposure to crypto using more traditional means of investing through the legacy financial system.
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In this episode we discuss the recent challenges to NFT rights in Hollywood, the expansion of music, NFTs and hip hop culture, and highlight community NFTs as a means for value creation.
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Get an in-depth look at how various blockchains parse out the three main functions of a blockchain network: consensus, dewcentralization, and data availability. We explore the modular aspects of the Ethereum blockchain and touch on how Proof of Stake, sharding, and rollups enable a modular blockchain design.
We wrap up by discussing the long-term vision of Ethereum and how this shapes the space for blockchain architecture going forward.
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What's with all this talk about "Layers" in crypto? In this episode we give you a breakdown of some basic blockchain terminology and design so you can get a better understanding on where the crypto industry is moving, and how this will shake out in the future by exploring Layer 1 vs Layer 2 blockchains.
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In this episode we give you a refresh on what NFTs are, why they are important and we share updates as NFTs ramp up into the mainstream space.
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We give you an in depth look at the possibilities to bring about positive social and environmental improvement through the blockchain. Specifically, NFT projects for good, carbon capture repositories, and crypto rewards for responsible land stewardship.
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This is the first of our "Tactical Tuesday" episodes - where we will be explaining the basics for on-boarding into the crypto ecosystem. Specifically, how to bridge from fiat currency to cryptocurrency and Decentralized Finance (De-Fi) and why De-Fi matters.
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Generative art is artwork created with algorithms and code using blockchain technology to output limited and unique sets of art pieces from a massive amount of possibilities. Check out our discussion of generative art and how it's shaking up the art world.
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In this episode we go over the recent overload of the Solana blockchain, which caused it to be inoperable for 17 hours, and what it means for the crypto community.
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We share an update on the Solana NFT ecosystem, the launch of the Loot NFTs and what this means for the future of NFTs.
We also discuss how NFTs are changing music, in real life events for NFTs, and what we see coming for the future of NFTs this autumn
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We wrap up some of the major themes of the summer in crypto including inflation, adoption, NFTs (Non-Fungible Token) mania, layer 1 versus layer 2 blockchains and DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations).
We give you the bird's eye view of what's happening on the macro scale, and share where things are heading as we close out this year.
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In this episode we discuss the current state of the NFT ecosystem on the Solana blockchain and how NFTs are shaping the future of visual art.
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In this episode, we go over the current situation with crypto regulation that made news last week in regards to the Infrastructure Bill in the U.S. Senate, and extrapolate what it means in the bigger picture for the future of crypto.
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In this episode we cover the CryptoVenetian NFT art heist that occurred on August 11th in Venice Beach, California, as well as discuss wallet security and Solana NFTs.
Then we shift gears and discuss Akoin, a new cryptocurrency for business development in Africa and an NFT magazine called the Red Lion Eye Gazette and some other interesting projects in the space.
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Ethereum Improvement Protocol 1559, also known as EIP 1559, is a major upgrade to the way the Ethereum blockchain processes transactions. In this episode we touch on how this is a significant milestone in the the history of Ethereum and its effects.
Then we shift gears to talk NFTs, specifically. special project called Crypto Venetians, which is the first "In Real Life" only NFT minting project.
We wrap up with some takes on current events shaping the crypto industry.
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We check in with some current NFT projects such as the Stoner Cats and discuss some new ways people are thinking about fractionalized art in both the digital and physical worlds.
We also get an update from Colin after attending two different NFT events in Venice Beach, Los Angeles this past week, including one at the Bright Moments Gallery featuring a crypto artist panel sharing their insights into the space.
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In this episode we touch on some recent comments by Senator Elizabeth Warren before taking a deep dive into what is money.
We discuss how money has changed forms over time, the difference between money and currency, and the consequences that government control over monetary policy has had throughout history.
We tie it all together with the sound money principle to draw the conclusion that cryptocurrency is a new, better kind of money.
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Why is blockchain significant? What is crypto? Why should you care?
Fidelity recently reported 70% of investors want to get into crypto and a CNBC study shows that nearly half of all millennials own some form of crypto investments.
The world is changing and we are here to help you explore and skillfully adapt to this revolutionary industry.
In this episode, we explore some of the over-arching themes of how blockchain technology is transforming multiple industries and we've crossed a tipping point as crypto culture begins to go mainstream.
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